a 95% probability. we did speak to ntsb. and it turned out to be not that bad. we also spoke to an expert who it turned out to be a path going up the coast. said there s a lot of stuff on board these dive boats, oxygen, we will see where that happens. there s even a chance that it propane, nitrox, which are all could start going further right, highly flammable. that could happen for that would here s a sound byte. really be luck. there s a lot of flammables but we certainly got lucky in florida, now if you could get on the boat. every boat fire that i have ever lucky in georgia. seen or heard of, if it s not if you look at south carolina, contained almost immediately, it north carolina, it could even extend beyond that. spreads quickly to the entire we are talking about virginia. boat. there s literally no place to hard to believe. go. we will see what happens. reporter: so the challenge that is a very erratic, very today is coming up with a slow, very powerful hurricane. salvage p
left side of the vessel flooding part of the ship. 30 people were killed, two still missing, the ship ended up resting in waters, some underwater, some not. at the time, they called it the largest ship removal by weight. we feel confident we can do it. we feel confident with other partners we will do it safely and with the least disturbance to the environment and the least disturbance to the economy. the italians and americans put together a salvage plan, released footage and animation of the complicated operation which included attaching heavy cables from poles to keep the ship from sinking even deeper. the work was extremely dangerous. anybody doing any work is going to be in a weird position. so you re going to have to have safety harnesses and equipment that can deal with that kind of
to the environment and the least disturbance to the economy. the italians and americans put together a salvage plan, released footage and animation of the complicated operation which included attaching heavy cables from poles to keep the ship from sinking even deeper. the work was extremely dangerous. anybody doing any work is going to be in a weird position. so you re going to have to have safety harnesses and equipment that can deal with that kind of environment. because nothing is straight. it was not until this past september 20 months after the accident that the costa concordia was brought to a vertical position. but months of the salvage operation are still left. ultimately the ship will be towed to a nearby port and torn down. hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent. in just over a decade earlier in february 2001, a u.s. sub, the
cruise ships ever built. it is the costa concordia, of course, the 952-foot ship that ran aground in january of last year killing 32 passengers. erin has details on the salvage plan. it is 19 months since the luxury cruise liner ran aground off the west coast of italy killing 32 people on board. now news that the crippled ship will be lifted from its side in september. an american and italian company are working around the clock to prepare the infamous wreckage for the junior friday the tuscan island and avoid an environmental disaster. engineers say it is a naval salvage operation like no other in history. slow enough to fire with less people and welders joining us and still have 55 coded welders on the project 24 hours a day.
plus, an oil drilling rig crunches into an island during a storm in alaska. and salvage teams now working to prevent an environmental disaster. but we begin tonight with word of a plan to calm some anger in congress. i m jon scott in for shepard smith. republican lawmakers are now promising a vote on aid for victims of super storm sandy by january 15th. the senate has already passed a 6 billion-dollar relief bill and the has was set to vote on a smaller version. john boehner cancelled that vote. darrell issa said the speaker had no choice because of what new york lawmakers did. your two senators packed this with pork, had the opportunity to have a 27 to 30 billion-dollar legitimate relief package, packed it with pork and then dared us not to vote on it. republicans including new jersey governor chris christie and new york com peter king denied that pork accusation. but the debate is pretty much